diff --git a/platform/android/detect.py b/platform/android/detect.py
index c190fe701cf7..8aa9e83d210a 100644
--- a/platform/android/detect.py
+++ b/platform/android/detect.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def mySpawn(sh, escape, cmd, args, env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-O0"])
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-O0", "-g", "-fno-limit-debug-info"])
-        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_DEBUG", "DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_DEBUG", "DEBUG_ENABLED", "DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(CPPFLAGS=["-UNDEBUG"])
 
     # Compiler configuration
diff --git a/platform/iphone/detect.py b/platform/iphone/detect.py
index 288dafb6c3ef..77517b0fca07 100644
--- a/platform/iphone/detect.py
+++ b/platform/iphone/detect.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def configure(env):
 
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-gdwarf-2", "-O0"])
-        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_DEBUG", ("DEBUG", 1), "DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["_DEBUG", ("DEBUG", 1), "DEBUG_ENABLED", "DEV_ENABLED"])
 
     if env["use_lto"]:
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-flto"])
diff --git a/platform/javascript/detect.py b/platform/javascript/detect.py
index b527336f8313..4ba88db1ef41 100644
--- a/platform/javascript/detect.py
+++ b/platform/javascript/detect.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def configure(env):
             env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["--profiling-funcs"])
     else:  # "debug"
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-O1", "-g"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-O1", "-g"])
         env["use_assertions"] = True
diff --git a/platform/osx/detect.py b/platform/osx/detect.py
index 409c0e11957a..49b41a91e885 100644
--- a/platform/osx/detect.py
+++ b/platform/osx/detect.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def configure(env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["-g3"])
         env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Prepend(LINKFLAGS=["-Xlinker", "-no_deduplicate"])
 
     ## Architecture
diff --git a/platform/server/detect.py b/platform/server/detect.py
index 6b92553ae5c3..f479fcc9e87d 100644
--- a/platform/server/detect.py
+++ b/platform/server/detect.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def configure(env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["-g3"])
         env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-rdynamic"])
 
     ## Architecture
diff --git a/platform/uwp/detect.py b/platform/uwp/detect.py
index 564001df0d14..4f883b6e824f 100644
--- a/platform/uwp/detect.py
+++ b/platform/uwp/detect.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def configure(env):
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["/Zi"])
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["/MDd"])
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["/DEBUG"])
 
diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index 81e7cd1f7776..bde5087b810b 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def configure_msvc(env, manual_msvc_config):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.AppendUnique(CCFLAGS=["/Zi", "/FS", "/Od", "/EHsc"])
         env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.AppendUnique(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["/DEBUG"])
 
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ def configure_mingw(env):
     elif env["target"] == "debug":
         env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-g3"])
         env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Append(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
 
     ## Compiler configuration
 
diff --git a/platform/x11/detect.py b/platform/x11/detect.py
index fd939f6c7e12..04bf09209b74 100644
--- a/platform/x11/detect.py
+++ b/platform/x11/detect.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def configure(env):
         env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["-ggdb"])
         env.Prepend(CCFLAGS=["-g3"])
         env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEBUG_ENABLED"])
+        env.Prepend(CPPDEFINES=["DEV_ENABLED"])
         env.Append(LINKFLAGS=["-rdynamic"])
 
     ## Architecture